Dr. Karuna Ahuja specializes in critical care (intensive care medicine) and adult pulmonology. Her average patient rating is 4.5 stars out of 5. She takes Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Coventry, and TRICARE, as well as other insurance carriers. Dr. Ahuja graduated from GSVM Medical College and then she performed her residency at a hospital affiliated with State University of New York (SUNY). Dr. Ahuja (or staff) speaks Hindi. She is professionally affiliated with Central Florida Regional Hospital.

Dr. Elena Gabor works as a general internist. She is in-network for Blue Cross Blue Shield EPO, Blue Cross Blue Shield Bronze, and Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO, as well as other insurance carriers. Dr. Gabor is a graduate of Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy. For her residency, Dr. Gabor trained at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center. She speaks Romanian. She is affiliated with Central Florida Regional Hospital.

Dr. Jesse Johnson works as a general internist in Lake Mary, FL. Patients rated him highly, giving him an average of 4.5 stars out of 5. He honors Blue Cross Blue Shield EPO, Blue Cross Blue Shield Bronze, and Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO, as well as other insurance carriers. Dr. Johnson attended medical school at the University of Florida College of Medicine. Dr. Johnson is affiliated with Central Florida Regional Hospital.

Dr. Ayesha Ahmar works as a family practitioner. Her patients gave her an average rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars. Dr. Ahmar accepts Blue Cross Blue Shield EPO, Blue Cross Blue Shield Bronze, and Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO, in addition to other insurance carriers. Before completing her residency at Hahnemann University Hospital, Dr. Ahmar attended medical school at the University of the Punjab. Dr. Ahmar is professionally affiliated with Central Florida Regional Hospital.

Dr. Ravi Jahagirdar is a medical specialist in urology (urinary tract disease). He graduated from Seth G.S. Medical College and then he performed his residency at a hospital affiliated with Tulane University. His clinical interests encompass robotic surgery. Dr. Jahagirdar has received a 3.0 out of 5 star rating by his patients. He is in-network for several insurance carriers, including Blue Cross Blue Shield EPO, Blue Cross Blue Shield Bronze, and Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO. In addition to English, Dr. Jahagirdar (or staff) speaks Hindi. He is professionally affiliated with Central Florida Regional Hospital and Orlando Health.

Dr. Vinay Srivastava's area of specialization is general internal medicine. The average patient rating for Dr. Srivastava is 4.5 stars out of 5. He accepts Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Blue Cross Blue Shield EPO, and Blue Cross Blue Shield Bronze, as well as other insurance carriers. Before completing his residency at Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center, Dr. Srivastava attended medical school at King George Medical University. He is professionally affiliated with Central Florida Regional Hospital.

Dr. Farideh Zadeh specializes in general internal medicine and practices in Lake Mary, FL. Dr. Zadeh speaks Persian. She is professionally affiliated with Central Florida Regional Hospital. She trained at Mount Sinai Medical Center for her residency. Dr. Zadeh has received a 3.5 out of 5 star rating by her patients. She is in-network for Blue Cross Blue Shield EPO, Blue Cross Blue Shield Bronze, and Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO, in addition to other insurance carriers.

Dr. Gary Snell's area of specialization is family medicine. Patients rated him highly, giving him an average of 4.0 stars out of 5. Dr. Snell is professionally affiliated with Central Florida Regional Hospital. He honors several insurance carriers, including Blue Cross/Blue Shield, BlueOptions, and Blue Cross Blue Shield EPO. He studied medicine at Tulane University School of Medicine. He completed his residency training at Miami Valley Hospital.

Dr. Madhavi Uppalapati practices general internal medicine. Dr. Uppalapati is rated 3.5 stars out of 5 by her patients. She accepts Blue Cross Blue Shield EPO, Blue Cross Blue Shield Bronze, Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO, and more. Before completing her residency at a hospital affiliated with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Dr. Uppalapati attended medical school at NTR University of Health Sciences and Siddhartha Medical College. She is professionally affiliated with Orlando Health and Central Florida Regional Hospital.

Strongly influenced by the concepts of human rights and social justice, social workers are professionals that help vulnerable individuals, families, and groups in need. Social work can include a variety of different jobs or careers, but in essence it involves meeting people in their home environment, identifying the issues that are causing social problems for them, and connecting them with the right resources to improve their well-being.

Social workers may work for organizations, in hospitals, in schools, for the government, at senior centers, in private practice, or in any number of public or private institutions. Many social workers choose to work with specific populations, such as children, the elderly, or the poor. Often, social work is about creating healthy communities in order to improve the lives of all people.

Some of the issues that social workers may come up against in their profession include:

Violence

Poverty

Abuse

Discrimination

Illness and lack of access to healthcare

Drug and alcohol addiction

Divorce

Death and grief

Unemployment

Disability

Mental illness

Family dysfunction

Social workers are advocates for social change. They educate clients to prevent problems from occurring or worsening. They empower others to develop to their full potential.

Counseling is a type of professional guidance for handling problems in life. There are many types of counselors, and they serve an incredibly wide variety of people with all kinds of different needs. There are general counselors, marriage and family counselors, school and student counselors, career and vocational counselors, religious counselors, and gerontological counselors specifically for the elderly.

In all cases, counseling works when the client and the counselor talk to each other and develop a trusting relationship. The counselor listens respectfully to the client’s problems. Then the two together work on identifying goals, increasing coping skills to overcome any troubles, and improving useful skills such as communication. The goals of counseling will be different for each person, but generally they include an increased sense of well being, decreased distress and anxiety, resolved crisis, and increased ability and function in daily life.

Psychotherapy is commonly referred to as talk therapy or simply therapy. Trained therapists help and guide patients as they talk through issues in their life and problem-solve ways to make healthy changes.

The use of therapy is extremely common, with millions of people going through therapy each year in the United States alone. It can be useful for patients who want to learn coping skills when they are facing difficult issues or need to heal from past trauma. Therapy can also be a support tool when patients are facing stressful periods in their life. Essentially, therapy is helpful any time life events require more mental or emotional resources than a patient currently has. Change is a major theme of therapy, offering a supportive environment for patients to make changes to their life or themselves so that past problems stop recurring in the future.

There are several different types of psychotherapy, with the most common being cognitive behavioral therapy or CBT. This type of therapy focuses on the connection between thoughts, feelings, and behavior. Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, is a form of CBT that encourages acceptance and validation as well as change. Interpersonal therapy focuses on relationships and communication as a pathway to feeling better. Psychoanalysis, an older form of therapy invented by Sigmund Freud, teaches that all problems stem from the unconscious.
Although many people see therapists by themselves, not all psychotherapy is one-on-one. For example, in family therapy, the therapist treats a family as a unit. Patients can also participate in group therapy, where they meet as a group to work on issues.

Psychotherapy is a safe, powerful healing tool that can help patients lead happier and healthier lives. However, therapy is a joint effort between the patient and the therapist. Both need to work together in order for therapy to be effective.